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Stopping puppy mills

The majority of pet stores that sell puppies are getting those dogs from puppy mills, where mother dogs spend their entire lives in cramped cages or kennels with little or no personal attention. When the mother and father dogs can no longer breed, they are discarded or killed. Due to poor sanitation and a lack of preventive veterinary care, the puppies from puppy mills are often sick. Help us fight this industry.

In the spring of 2000, I got a little teacup Yorkie named Delilah. She had been a breeding dog in a Dallas, Texas-area puppy mill, and at 8 years old, she was emaciated, and had lost all but two of her teeth.

All of the puppies loaded onto the transport truck in Bowling Green were headed on journeys, leaving Kentucky to find new homes. The April 2014 transport would take them from the South, where puppies are plentiful, to rescues in the Northeast, where higher spay/neuter rates prevail.

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Ohio law could trigger more reforms in the puppy mill industry

The puppy mill industry makes millions of dollars while forcing parent dogs to live in deplorable conditions, often producing puppies with serious health issues and deceiving customers about the pups’ origins. But advocates are fighting back, and a new law in Ohio could lead to additional reforms in the industry.

At 11 a.m. on Feb. 3, Amanda Gossom of The HSUS’s puppy mills campaign was doing a routine part of her job, researching online inspection records for USDA-licensed dog breeders, when suddenly she hit a wall.

She’d typed in the next breeder’s name and clicked search, expecting the usual information. Instead, she got an error message.

An important reminder for our communities as we approach the holiday shopping season

In the spring of 2000, I got a little teacup Yorkie named Delilah. She had been a breeding dog in a Dallas, Texas-area puppy mill, and at 8 years old, she was emaciated, and had lost all but two of her teeth.